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went with john mccain to vietnam to find out what happened with our p.o.w.'s and the american people saw for themselves on thursday night the strength, resolve, and backbone that i myself have seen in john kerry. he is ready to be commander in chief. >> mr. vice president, you have 30 seconds. >> well, i clearly believe that george w. bush would be a better commander in chief. he's already done it for four years and he's demonstrated without question the conviction, the vision, the determination to win this war against terror. he understands it's a global conflict that reaches from the united states all the way around the globe to jakarta. and those special quality -- qualities are vital in a commander in chief and i think the president has them and i'm not at all certain the opponent has. >> without mentioning them at all, explain to us why you are different from your opponent, starting with you, mr. vice president. >> i am different from john edwards. well, in some respects, i think probably there are more similarities than there are differences in our pers
went with john mccain to vietnam to find out what happened with our p.o.w.'s and the american people saw for themselves on thursday night the strength, resolve, and backbone that i myself have seen in john kerry. he is ready to be commander in chief. >> mr. vice president, you have 30 seconds. >> well, i clearly believe that george w. bush would be a better commander in chief. he's already done it for four years and he's demonstrated without question the conviction, the vision, the...
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the republican offices are buzzing way more than they were for john mccain, in ohio, in colorado, elsewhere. the question is it enough? >> his job to say this, but the house speaker did an exclusive interview with deidra walsh in ohio, he knows ohio, from ohio, he insists he has never seen this kind of republican enthusiasm in his home state. >> fascinating to hear mitt romney using the same kind of words that then-candidate obama used, talked about change a lot, but also talking about being on this mission or this is a movement which is kind of reflecting what a lot of the obama folks felt four years ago. >> that's what you're seeing changing the country, you know? this is -- we want the same president we wanted last time, we just haven't gotten him yet. mitt romney is out there campaigning for hope and change. and but yes, i'm seeing in these states a tremendous amount of intensity. obama intense sit pick up here near the end. the storm helped the president and i know we want to talk about that. but this thing's a nail biter. when i look at the numbers, i think any reasonable analyst woul
the republican offices are buzzing way more than they were for john mccain, in ohio, in colorado, elsewhere. the question is it enough? >> his job to say this, but the house speaker did an exclusive interview with deidra walsh in ohio, he knows ohio, from ohio, he insists he has never seen this kind of republican enthusiasm in his home state. >> fascinating to hear mitt romney using the same kind of words that then-candidate obama used, talked about change a lot, but also talking...
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the republican offices are buzzing way more than they were for john mccain in ohio, colorado, elsewhere. is it enough? >> the house speaker did an exclusive interview with deirdre walsh, he insists he's never seen this kind of republican enthusiasm in his home state right now. >> it's depressing to see mitt romney using a lot of the same words that candidate obama used four years ago. >> that's what you're seeing change in the country. this is -- we want the same president we wanted last time, we just haven't gotten him yet. m.i.t. romney's out there campaigning for hope and change. yes, i'm see iing he's facing en tensity. when i look at the numbers, i think any reasonable analyst would look at this and say, obama has an advantage, you look beneath them. you can make the case, m.i.t. romney can reach 300 electoral votes. >> it's really fascinating. first of all, in places like ohio. you have ralph reid in there. anyone who thinks ohio is in the bag for obama? you haven't heard from the evangelicals yet. he tells you you're going to wake up in a body bag. at the same time, there may be
the republican offices are buzzing way more than they were for john mccain in ohio, colorado, elsewhere. is it enough? >> the house speaker did an exclusive interview with deirdre walsh, he insists he's never seen this kind of republican enthusiasm in his home state right now. >> it's depressing to see mitt romney using a lot of the same words that candidate obama used four years ago. >> that's what you're seeing change in the country. this is -- we want the same president we...
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john mccain didn't use the strategy in '08 but can mitt romney attack him on questionable associations? i'll ask radio talk show host larry elder when we come back. careful, pringles are bursting with more flavor. [ crunches ] mmm. ♪ [ male announcer ] pringles... bursting with more flavor. [ crunch! ] [ male announcer ] we believe small things can make a big difference. like how a little oil from here can be such a big thing in an old friend's life. purina one discovered that by blending enhanced botanical oils into our food, we can help brighten an old dog's mind so he's up to his old tricks. with this kind of thinking going into our food, imagine all the goodness that can come out of it. just one way we're making the world a better place... one pet at a time. vibrant maturity. from purina one smartblend. how math and science kind of makes the world work. in high school, i had a physics teacher by the name of mr. davies. he made physics more than theoretical, he made it real for me. we built a guitar, we did thingwith electronics and mother boards. that's where the interest in engi
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. >> and john mccain didn't use this strategy in 2008? can mitt romney get the upper hand by attacking him on questionable associations? i'll ask the radio talk show host larry i elder when we come back. >> i'd love to hear from you, go to foxnews.com and check on the fox news feedback section or sign up for my facebook page. then your choice is obvious. the lexus es. it's complete luxury in a class full of compromises. see your lexus dealer. it was in my sister's neighborhood. i told you it was perfect for you guys. literally across the street from her sister. [ banker ] but someone else bought it before they could get their offer togher. we really missed a great opportunity -- dodged a bullet there. [ banker ] so we talked to them about the wells fargo priority buyer preapproval. it lets people know that you are a serious buyer because you've been credit-approved. we got everything in order so that we can move on the next place we found. which was clear on the other side of town. [ male announcer ] wells fargo. with you when you're read
. >> and john mccain didn't use this strategy in 2008? can mitt romney get the upper hand by attacking him on questionable associations? i'll ask the radio talk show host larry i elder when we come back. >> i'd love to hear from you, go to foxnews.com and check on the fox news feedback section or sign up for my facebook page. then your choice is obvious. the lexus es. it's complete luxury in a class full of compromises. see your lexus dealer. it was in my sister's neighborhood. i...
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john mccain didn't use the strategy in '08 but can mitt romney attack him on questionable associations? i'll ask radio talk show host larry elder when we come back. ♪ >> governor huckabee: earlier this week, house speaker john boehner criticized the president for ignoring congress. >> president checked out last labor day. he spent the last six months, gaining from one of the country to the other. instead of working with members of both political parties, here in washington, to address the serious challenges that our country faces. >> governor huckabee: the republicans aren't the only ones critical of the president's way of conducting business. california congressman dennis cardoza is one of several democrats to blast the president. in a recent blog he wrote: he'd admonish staff, members of congress and the public in speeches as well as in private. president obama projected an arrogant, i'm right, you are wrong demeanor that alienated many potential allies. how will it come into play in november? i'm joined by radio talk show host larry elder. thanks for joining me today. >> thanks fo
john mccain didn't use the strategy in '08 but can mitt romney attack him on questionable associations? i'll ask radio talk show host larry elder when we come back. ♪ >> governor huckabee: earlier this week, house speaker john boehner criticized the president for ignoring congress. >> president checked out last labor day. he spent the last six months, gaining from one of the country to the other. instead of working with members of both political parties, here in washington, to...
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. >> i was standing there when john mccain gave his speech and we knew he was going to lose. he had days to process that. he had days to write a beautiful concession speech. i think this was a surprise and it's going to take some time to process it. it was very gracious for a quickly written speech. >> there you see a very different mood. obama supporters ready to hear. >> fired up! ready to go! >> fired up! >> ready to go! >> fired up! listening to a video tape of president obama. the crowd excited waiting to hear from their candidate. we haven't really talked to you about, you said republicans shouldn't think the sky is falling but there does need to be some sort of look inward. where does that look go. we're already hearing from conservatives online and saying we didn't elect a conservative enough candidate and that's the problem. >> let's start with the demographics. one america's becoming increasingly nonwhite. from george bush the percentage that was white was 77%. four years ago it was 74% the tonight it's 72%. the youth vote and the black vote turned out once again. t
. >> i was standing there when john mccain gave his speech and we knew he was going to lose. he had days to process that. he had days to write a beautiful concession speech. i think this was a surprise and it's going to take some time to process it. it was very gracious for a quickly written speech. >> there you see a very different mood. obama supporters ready to hear. >> fired up! ready to go! >> fired up! >> ready to go! >> fired up! listening to a video...
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he won 360 last time against john mccain. in defending his map, it is a very impressive electoral college victory. a more narrow victory when it comes down to the electoral election. you have to tip your hat. this is exactly what they said they would do. defend their turf. keep their coalition intact. turn out the vote. they did it. >> at love republicans were bad-mouthing the pollsters. but most of those battle ground states proved to be pretty accurate. >> very accurate. if you go state by state, look at the polls, dead on. >> we're taking a closer look at the president's path to re-election. how did he get to some key voting groups? what does it all mean for his second term? much more coming up right here at the cnn election center. the pace of change is accelerating. the way we... perform, compete and grow. and people are driving this change. that's the power of human resources. the society... for human resource management and its members know... how to harness that power, because we help develop it. from the next economy
he won 360 last time against john mccain. in defending his map, it is a very impressive electoral college victory. a more narrow victory when it comes down to the electoral election. you have to tip your hat. this is exactly what they said they would do. defend their turf. keep their coalition intact. turn out the vote. they did it. >> at love republicans were bad-mouthing the pollsters. but most of those battle ground states proved to be pretty accurate. >> very accurate. if you go...
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a higher number four years ago and it's red because john mccain won the white vote. latino was 14%. it's 16% this year. so, again, in another key battleground state, the latino population, it might be slight, but that's growth. a change in the electorate there. we'll watch out that plays out in battleground florida. another big question, florida, one of the older states in america. who would better handle medicare? a question that seniors care about, a question, also, that voters in that 40 to 55 to 60 age group care about, especially the democrats try to maken issue of the ryan budget, because of the changes in medicare. the president gets a slight edge, wolf, but essentially an even divide on the medicare question in the state of florida. one little ad lib here, if i can. i'll walk over here. stay with me on the magic wall. we're starting to get results in kentucky and indiana, tiny results, 2% of the vote. i want to show you a little place in indiana. viggo county, 1.7% of the population. i'm going to look here later tonight for trivial purposes. only twice since 1888 has vigo co
a higher number four years ago and it's red because john mccain won the white vote. latino was 14%. it's 16% this year. so, again, in another key battleground state, the latino population, it might be slight, but that's growth. a change in the electorate there. we'll watch out that plays out in battleground florida. another big question, florida, one of the older states in america. who would better handle medicare? a question that seniors care about, a question, also, that voters in that 40 to...
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the president could get up above 3:30. 356 electoral votes when he beat john mccain four years ago. light states are called at home. what is the final map, what are the takeaways. taken away north carolina. the president won last time. governor romney taken away indiana, and the president won last time. if this is how we end up, republicans will be profoundly disappointed, not only in losing when you have no president since franklin roosevelt won with an unemployment rate above 7.1%. president obama making history, again, if you will republicans will be disappointed in losing and disappointing when they look at the back when all they got back is very traditional republican states. they narrowly won that and won indiana, and so if you look at the map and are you a democrat, you have to give them credit. they identified people who might or will vote for us learn how to turn them out on election day. mr. carville talking about earlier, an impressive operation. if you switch the map over here, let's check real quick. very close, very close. 91%, and i've been searching these counties, w
the president could get up above 3:30. 356 electoral votes when he beat john mccain four years ago. light states are called at home. what is the final map, what are the takeaways. taken away north carolina. the president won last time. governor romney taken away indiana, and the president won last time. if this is how we end up, republicans will be profoundly disappointed, not only in losing when you have no president since franklin roosevelt won with an unemployment rate above 7.1%. president...
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bush, dole, another bush and john mccain that talks to known democrats and now mitt romney, right? these are not the - how come we can't get another ronald reagan. i really need to develop a three this. among the republican party that's been executive oriented party for a long time and the democratic party for a variety of reasons is more delegislativy dominated and that's why they run better than republicans can. there's one reason now where your especially suppose to the extremisms that control the house which is the chamber. newt gingrich is unthinkable if he'd been senator i think. in my observation you have to go after term limits and watch the assembly which was always food fight in california. the assembly of the state was passed by one vote and the senate would pass nearly unanimously. after your six years throughout the assembly and a couple of cases someone would be gentile and start throwing food fights again. that's kind of the nature of our institutions that we design them on purpose, right? i think you're seeing a historical pattern that republicans tend to gravitate
bush, dole, another bush and john mccain that talks to known democrats and now mitt romney, right? these are not the - how come we can't get another ronald reagan. i really need to develop a three this. among the republican party that's been executive oriented party for a long time and the democratic party for a variety of reasons is more delegislativy dominated and that's why they run better than republicans can. there's one reason now where your especially suppose to the extremisms that...
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four years ago, john mccain, even with charlie crist's endorsement, who at that time, hard to believe, was the most popular politician in florida, only won the primary by five poers. romney won it tonight by 14, without jed bush's endorsement, without marco rubio's endorsement, and he not only split the evangelical vote with gingrich, he won the catholic vote with two catholics on the ballot, he won the latino vote. he won women by a huge margin. that's the huge thing. he won across the board in this constitch waenls. but evangelicals in florida are a more demographically diverse group. they're more likely to be rubbing their shoulders with latino catholics and others. so they were more open, and if you look at all of the polling across all of the demographics, because of the mortgage crisis in florida, because it's so tourist dependent, the economy moved to the front. >> what do you think that means for him moving forward involving evangelicals. florida is different than the other statsz. >> what romney has to do is make his case and win his fair share. i predicted before this primar
four years ago, john mccain, even with charlie crist's endorsement, who at that time, hard to believe, was the most popular politician in florida, only won the primary by five poers. romney won it tonight by 14, without jed bush's endorsement, without marco rubio's endorsement, and he not only split the evangelical vote with gingrich, he won the catholic vote with two catholics on the ballot, he won the latino vote. he won women by a huge margin. that's the huge thing. he won across the board...
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he beat john mccain with 38% of the vote, and tonight, santorum wynn in north dakota. surprising to me, a caucus state, but romney carried it four years ago. >> he still may win ohio. let's wait, but i do think there are two things going on. one is the weakness of the candidate because this is a weak field. who could have imagined you would have a hard time putting away rick santorum in ohio or newt gingrich at this stage of the campaign? so that speaks to the weakness of candidate. but there's one other thing. his party has changed a lot. 20 years ago, 10 years ago, mitt romney would have been a good candidate within the republican establishment field. today, this is a much more conservative party than it was. and i think it's much, much harder for mitt romney to succeed in that kind of environment. >> we have talked so much about money and how important money is and we have demonized how money can win an election. money so far has not bought the easy wins you could expect them to beat. romney spent 5 times what gingrich and santorum spent combined. you're looking at
he beat john mccain with 38% of the vote, and tonight, santorum wynn in north dakota. surprising to me, a caucus state, but romney carried it four years ago. >> he still may win ohio. let's wait, but i do think there are two things going on. one is the weakness of the candidate because this is a weak field. who could have imagined you would have a hard time putting away rick santorum in ohio or newt gingrich at this stage of the campaign? so that speaks to the weakness of candidate. but...
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. >> reporter: president obama lost west virginia to john mccain by 13 points, to hillary clinton by 41 points even though her campaign was all but over and 20% of the voters admitted that race was a factor in their decision. >> i run across it every day. >> color is king in west virginia. >> reporter: martinsburg pharmacist george carroll says west virginia's disillusionment with the president has more to do with his policies on things like global warming. he's a democrat, but don't ask how he'll vote in the general election. you're not saying? >> my theory is closed mouth cautions flies. >> reporter: in martinsburg bruce leshan -- catches no flies. >> reporter: in martinsburg, bruce leshan. >> 41% of the vote would normally qualify a candidate two delegates at the national convention, but as a federal inmate judd may not even be eligible to serve. as for that republican party newsletter, it was published in green county, virginia. in it the editor called the commander in chief america's most biblely hostile u.s. president. >>> a -- biblical hostile u.s. president. >>> a campaign co
. >> reporter: president obama lost west virginia to john mccain by 13 points, to hillary clinton by 41 points even though her campaign was all but over and 20% of the voters admitted that race was a factor in their decision. >> i run across it every day. >> color is king in west virginia. >> reporter: martinsburg pharmacist george carroll says west virginia's disillusionment with the president has more to do with his policies on things like global warming. he's a...
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. >> reporter: the republican senators john mccain and lindsay graham are calling for a gate-style inquiry into the attacks, combining the resources of both the senate and the house. the gop senators are outraged over the interviews that the u.n. ambassador gave five days after the attack. saying that it did not appear to be pre-planned. >> if senator mccain and graham and others want to go after somebody, then they should go after me. >> reporter: senator mccain did just that. >> we believe whoever it is must be held responsible, i say to the president of the united states. most importantly the president of the united states who is commander in chief. >> reporter: the former cia director david petraeus will testify on friday. secretary of state hillary clinton will talk to lawmakers once the state department completes its own investigation. and in washington, danielle noddingham, 9news now. >> president obama says he is considering ambassador rice to serve as the next secretary of state when hillary clinton steps down. but some republican senators say they would block that nomination beca
. >> reporter: the republican senators john mccain and lindsay graham are calling for a gate-style inquiry into the attacks, combining the resources of both the senate and the house. the gop senators are outraged over the interviews that the u.n. ambassador gave five days after the attack. saying that it did not appear to be pre-planned. >> if senator mccain and graham and others want to go after somebody, then they should go after me. >> reporter: senator mccain did just...
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that was also a big state for john mccain four years ago, and hawaii, his home state, that would have been a big disappointment. >> no chance that was going to happen. >> for barack obama but it certainly did. one more state before the polls close. >> let's go back to jake tapper and david muir with the campaigns. jake, let me start with you, clearly the excitement is starting to build inside the obama headquarters. they sense something is happening. >> reporter: indeed, george. president obama said earlier today that he could see this election spilling into tomorrow, but it does not seem right now that they think that's going to happen. you have all sorts of indications that president obama is getting prepared to come here to the mccormick center and we have all sorts of indications including cameramen getting into position up in the rafters there, sound systems being checked. it seems as though people are preparing to are a speech to be delivered sometime in the next hour, so people are getting excited, and as we have seen the projections being made and every single one of the state
that was also a big state for john mccain four years ago, and hawaii, his home state, that would have been a big disappointment. >> no chance that was going to happen. >> for barack obama but it certainly did. one more state before the polls close. >> let's go back to jake tapper and david muir with the campaigns. jake, let me start with you, clearly the excitement is starting to build inside the obama headquarters. they sense something is happening. >> reporter: indeed,...
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mccain and the roundtables. >>> and guess what, just two weekends until christmas. so many people koumpbting down to the holidays. and it could be a record-setting holiday for both retail and travel. abc's bianna golodryga is standing by with the extremes retailers are going through to get your dollars. but let's first go to lisa stark, who is tracking the latest on why this holiday could be very tricky for traveling. lisa, good morning. >> reporter: amy, traveling over the holidays is best circumstances. can be tricky. get a load of this. hundreds of workers at new york city jfk airport threatening to go on strike on december 20th. these are the security guards. none at the checkpoint. but they direct traffic, make sure the gates are secure. it could add to the chaos of travelers will feel over a busy holiday. planes will be packed. the airline trade group says 85% to 90% of the seats will be filled. and the holiday trip will cost you more than last year, 9% more, according to travelocity. nonstop prices are nearly double than what they were at the beginning of dec
mccain and the roundtables. >>> and guess what, just two weekends until christmas. so many people koumpbting down to the holidays. and it could be a record-setting holiday for both retail and travel. abc's bianna golodryga is standing by with the extremes retailers are going through to get your dollars. but let's first go to lisa stark, who is tracking the latest on why this holiday could be very tricky for traveling. lisa, good morning. >> reporter: amy, traveling over the...
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four years ago, among independents, barack obama and john mccain were at or above 60% favorability. today, santorum and romney, just 33% favorability. before democrats rejoice, a new poll from gallup shows mitt romney with a four-point lead over the president. a key vulnerability might be the gas prices that are rising. it's an issue newt gingrich is hitting hard. >> thanks, john. >>> let's go back to robin in los angeles. >> hey there, george. we're going to show the video that makes your jaw drop. the car caught on the train tracks. passers by trying to get the car off the track. thankfully, everyone is fine. abc's paula faris has the story. >> reporter: two delaware women were seconds way from this. confused at an intersection, newark police say they drove on to the tracks and got stuck. this video shows the passenger trying to push the car off the rails. fortunately, two good samaritans come to their rescue. >> we're trying to lift the car. next thing you know, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. >> reporter: they plead with the driver to get out. police say she was sober. she s
four years ago, among independents, barack obama and john mccain were at or above 60% favorability. today, santorum and romney, just 33% favorability. before democrats rejoice, a new poll from gallup shows mitt romney with a four-point lead over the president. a key vulnerability might be the gas prices that are rising. it's an issue newt gingrich is hitting hard. >> thanks, john. >>> let's go back to robin in los angeles. >> hey there, george. we're going to show the video...
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. >> he sealed the deal against john mccain a couple of years ago. let's talk about wisconsin a little bit. you agree with george will this is the second-most important election in the country this year. why should the rest of the country care about this? republican governor, scott walker, facing a recall election. >> the big story in wisconsin is ideology. if you look on paper, walker's done a good job. he brought the deficit down in that state, big-time. and unemployment is down a full percent in one year. he's done a good job on paper. but the left hates him because he wants to reform how government workers are paid. compensation. >> and take away their collective bargaining rights. >> he wants to take it away. but it's reform. in a sense that right now -- look at illinois. illinois doesn't have any of that. and they're going down the drain. they're going to collapse. walker says, we can't continue to spend at this level. we have to reform it. we have to rein in collective bargaining. it's ideological. people have to make up their minds. do we wan
. >> he sealed the deal against john mccain a couple of years ago. let's talk about wisconsin a little bit. you agree with george will this is the second-most important election in the country this year. why should the rest of the country care about this? republican governor, scott walker, facing a recall election. >> the big story in wisconsin is ideology. if you look on paper, walker's done a good job. he brought the deficit down in that state, big-time. and unemployment is down a...
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but after talks yesterday, republican senators, including john mccain, say they are even more troubled, now, about rice's responses. >>> and after the repeal of the don't ask/don't tell ban on gays in the military, four women are challenging the ban on women in combat. their lawsuit claims the 1994 rule keeping them out of ground combat also unfairly blocks them from promotion. it comes as officers are on aer is survey, asking if women would be a distraction in combat operations. >>> and police in new york, say a bus driver apparently lost control before slamming into the house you see here. the bus drove into a front bedroom, killing a young boy who was sleeping. another child in the room at the same time is expected to be okay. >>> and the odds, some 1 in 175 million. but it is the only thing people are talk about, tonight's powerball jackpot. now stands at $500 million. with a "b." the most ever, for the multistate lottery. it could go even higher. 60% of powerball tickets are sold on the day of the jackpot. you figure, maybe we're talking about $600 million by day's end. >>> and fi
but after talks yesterday, republican senators, including john mccain, say they are even more troubled, now, about rice's responses. >>> and after the repeal of the don't ask/don't tell ban on gays in the military, four women are challenging the ban on women in combat. their lawsuit claims the 1994 rule keeping them out of ground combat also unfairly blocks them from promotion. it comes as officers are on aer is survey, asking if women would be a distraction in combat operations....
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allegations of a, quote, massive cover-up, by senator john mccain, about this administration's real refusal to put to rest this issue, before voting day. >> they didn't want to talk about it. everybody tried to pin them down on that. they did not want to talk about it. i think a lot of those questions will probably get cleared up with an investigation that's now going on. and there will probably be hearings, as well. >> and iran's huge. what we're going to do to that country and how we're going to handle that ongoing threat. >> iran is huge. you heard the israelis say there's only a small amount of time, maybe several months, before they could strike iran. i think president obama, what you see now, is president obama doing everything he can to avoid war there. >> boy. that's going to be a big issue. lots on president obama's plate for the next four years. liz, matt, martha, always good to have you here. >>> let's check in with sam with a look, again, at the nor'easter threatening the entire east coast. >> good morning, elizabeth. we're going to atlantic city. the waves are tough. we got alm
allegations of a, quote, massive cover-up, by senator john mccain, about this administration's real refusal to put to rest this issue, before voting day. >> they didn't want to talk about it. everybody tried to pin them down on that. they did not want to talk about it. i think a lot of those questions will probably get cleared up with an investigation that's now going on. and there will probably be hearings, as well. >> and iran's huge. what we're going to do to that country and how...
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like the 2008 debate, where john mccain seemed to be wandering aimlessly around the stage. or in 2000 when vice president al gore walked right up to governor george w. bush. in a way that governor bush later referred to as getting in his chili. and this classic 1992 move from george h.w. bush, where he checked the time. he would soon have plenty of it. this town hall debate provides candidates an opportunity to have an exchange with voters about their concerns. but it also provides them with an opportunity to mess up that interaction and appear out of touch and clueless. so it really is high stakes. >> it sure is. thank you. >>> let's bring in matthew dowd with more. what a reversal since the first debate. last time, president obama came in with momentum, he came in with very high expectations. this time, expectations are reversed. most people think mitt romney is going to win tonight. >> the president came in four or five points ahead. and it's at best tied or a point or so behind. he has to bring his a-game. he can't show up like alex rodriguez. and miss the ball time aft
like the 2008 debate, where john mccain seemed to be wandering aimlessly around the stage. or in 2000 when vice president al gore walked right up to governor george w. bush. in a way that governor bush later referred to as getting in his chili. and this classic 1992 move from george h.w. bush, where he checked the time. he would soon have plenty of it. this town hall debate provides candidates an opportunity to have an exchange with voters about their concerns. but it also provides them with an...
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. >> 47% of the american people voted for john mccain. what i said on election night was, even though you didn't vote for me, i hear your voices. >> reporter: on "letterman," the president took a jab at mitt romney, over this video leaked to "mother jones" magazine, showing romney say 47% of americans think they're victims and won't vote for him. >> my job is not to worry about those people. i'll never get their vote. they should take personal responsibility. >> my expectation is, if you want to be president, you have to work for everybody. not just for some. >> reporter: and while governor romney defended his remarks on an appearance on fox news. >> we're, of course, talking about a campaign. and how he's going to get close to half the vote. i'm going to get half the vote, approxima approximately, i hope. >> reporter: running mate, paul ryan, says romney would say it differently now. >> he was obviously inarticulate making this point. and the point we're trying to make is, under the obama economy, government dependency is up. >> reporter
. >> 47% of the american people voted for john mccain. what i said on election night was, even though you didn't vote for me, i hear your voices. >> reporter: on "letterman," the president took a jab at mitt romney, over this video leaked to "mother jones" magazine, showing romney say 47% of americans think they're victims and won't vote for him. >> my job is not to worry about those people. i'll never get their vote. they should take personal...
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. >> john mccain -- on a serious note john mccain viewed his concession speech the night that he conceded to barack obama, i think, as one of the most important speeches certainly of that candidacy. >> it was a beautiful speech. >> and there may not be much that mitt romney wanted to emulate when it came to the campaign that john mccain and sarah palin ran but if there's a moment he should strive to do half as well as john mccain it's when he conceded the election to barack obama. >> vice president gore in 2000 got accolades for the way he conceded in 2000. george will, picking up on what's happening in virginia. one of the things we saw in virginia but across many states, ohio, virginia, and wisconsin, republican governors in states that were doing pretty well better on unemployment than the rest of the country but barack obama wins them. >> the states are doing well on the republican governors were bashful about saying they were doing well because they were doing well because they had republican governors and that was their theory but couldn't promote themselves without mixing up the me
. >> john mccain -- on a serious note john mccain viewed his concession speech the night that he conceded to barack obama, i think, as one of the most important speeches certainly of that candidacy. >> it was a beautiful speech. >> and there may not be much that mitt romney wanted to emulate when it came to the campaign that john mccain and sarah palin ran but if there's a moment he should strive to do half as well as john mccain it's when he conceded the election to barack...
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bush, and john mccain. he has played, lieberman. played barack obama, played john edwards, hillary clinton and al gore in the debates. >> clearly he must be good. >> the guy they go to. >> channels them. >> great debater. >> wonder if he puts on the voice, impression, whole thing. would like to be a fly on the wall. >> would have loved to have seen the hillary clinton impression there. >> that would be great. >>> the rover "curiosity" sent postcards from mars. the mosaic stitched together from a series of photographs shows the terrain of the gale crater where the rover landed. >> it shows tilted geological layers like the grand canyon. another shows mt. sharp, six miles away. "curiosity" will arrive in a year and a half. all the technology. not worthy of this thing. moves a football field a day. granted it is on mars. that's pretty amazing. when you think a football field a day, it kind of loses its -- >> it apparently has olfactory glands, sending back not only sights and sounds -- >> smells? >> smells. gasses from the planet mars.
bush, and john mccain. he has played, lieberman. played barack obama, played john edwards, hillary clinton and al gore in the debates. >> clearly he must be good. >> the guy they go to. >> channels them. >> great debater. >> wonder if he puts on the voice, impression, whole thing. would like to be a fly on the wall. >> would have loved to have seen the hillary clinton impression there. >> that would be great. >>> the rover "curiosity"...
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. >>> really, the -- it's, senator john mccain, has issue with how this was handled as well as lindsay graham, and lindsay graham with a pretty fiery statement said, mr. president don't think for one minute that i don't hold you ultimately responsible for benghazi. i think you failed as commander-in-chief, before, during and after the attack. given what i know now i have no intention of promoting any one who is up to their eyeballs in the benghazi debacle. and susan rice currently u.n. ambassador, being floated as hillary clinton's successor. >> also interesting, some report going on about how, times have changed though. because obviously, many years ago when they were nominated condoleezza rice to be secretary of the state at the time, she was national security adviser she had gone around saying about the weapons of mass destruction in iraq, other intelligence. ended up proving false at the time. mccain stood by her. despite obviously the wrong information that she was disseminating at the time. saying "i am not going to mention my colleague's name. some of the remarks aimed at her du
. >>> really, the -- it's, senator john mccain, has issue with how this was handled as well as lindsay graham, and lindsay graham with a pretty fiery statement said, mr. president don't think for one minute that i don't hold you ultimately responsible for benghazi. i think you failed as commander-in-chief, before, during and after the attack. given what i know now i have no intention of promoting any one who is up to their eyeballs in the benghazi debacle. and susan rice currently u.n....
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. >> as for her harshest critic, rice looks forward to discussing the situation with senator john mccain. before the hamas/israel, flared up. susan rice, she said, initially, basically, her talking points she went on sunday shows with came from fbi and cia not the white house and state department. which kind of threw a little bit of water on some critics who were arguing that her initial response was somehow politically motivated to protect the president. >> and now she's saying she would love to discuss everything with john mccain personally. i fiend interesting. >> wouldn't you like to be a fly on the wall of that discussion. >> definitely. >>> now, to the stunning resignation of congressman jesse jackson jr. he is giving of his seat after 17 years in the house. jackson won re-election though in the mayo clinic at the time being treated for bipolar disorder. now, in his resignation letter, he said his deteriorating health is diminishing his ability to serve. jackson reportedly facing a federal investigation as well into possible misuse of campaign funds. >>> okay. if you are not alread
. >> as for her harshest critic, rice looks forward to discussing the situation with senator john mccain. before the hamas/israel, flared up. susan rice, she said, initially, basically, her talking points she went on sunday shows with came from fbi and cia not the white house and state department. which kind of threw a little bit of water on some critics who were arguing that her initial response was somehow politically motivated to protect the president. >> and now she's saying she...
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mccain reckless and confused. if the president does nominate her, those who know susan rice well say she's more than up for the fight, and although it would be a bruising confirmation battle, she almost certainly would have the votes to be confirmed. jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >>> interesting parallel that story points out between condoleezza, confirmation process, and this one. "the washington post," interesting profile, i like the human nuggets they find. as u.n. ambassador she gained a reputation for sharp intellect. and sharp elbows. she is not known for diplomatic finesse, known for being aggressive sometimes too aggressive and using salty language on occasion. in private she has a good sense of humor. trying to dig up some humanity on her as well, but clearly she's a bulldog behind closed doors. >> they wouldn't indicate whether or not they would block the nomination if it gets to the point. the president has not nominated her to this point, we just want to make that clear. but some of the beef tha
mccain reckless and confused. if the president does nominate her, those who know susan rice well say she's more than up for the fight, and although it would be a bruising confirmation battle, she almost certainly would have the votes to be confirmed. jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >>> interesting parallel that story points out between condoleezza, confirmation process, and this one. "the washington post," interesting profile, i like the human nuggets they find. as u.n....
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this being thrown around are pretty includes. >> reporter: john mccain gave a rousing defense of abadeen. >> these rely on a few unspecified and unsubstantiated associations of members of a family. >> reporter: wiener seems to be making an attempt to clean up his image. the family is featured in this week's issue of "people" magazine. >> there are rumors wiener was going to hop back into politics, possibly eyeing a run for the mayor of new york city. he's since disputed those reports. bachmann back in the headlines. kind of reminiscent to some folks of the mccarthy era of the '50s, trying to weed out anti-american folks. >> bachmann and a handful of other members of congress. >> four others. >> john mccain in particular, you heard him kind of go off, he says these attacks have no logic, no basis, no merit, they need to stop, they need to stop now. unabashed in hit defense of her. >> abadeen goes back to the clintons 20 years, they describe her as a daughter. it's a close relationship there. you wouldn't think if she really was she was being painted as, the former first couple would have
this being thrown around are pretty includes. >> reporter: john mccain gave a rousing defense of abadeen. >> these rely on a few unspecified and unsubstantiated associations of members of a family. >> reporter: wiener seems to be making an attempt to clean up his image. the family is featured in this week's issue of "people" magazine. >> there are rumors wiener was going to hop back into politics, possibly eyeing a run for the mayor of new york city. he's since...
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we both know that four years ago, when john mccain was considering vice presidential candidates, mitt romney, romney said he filed more than two decades of returns. >> we know that the romney campaign is not eager to share them. they don't want to get up in game of one upsmanship. 10 years, 20 years, where does it end? and romney, running for office since 1994, he could talk about the period before then, in the private sector, and sources of his income, could be uncomfortable. >> that is new ground. a lot of talk, "the new york times" reporting that "saturday night live" invited mitt romney to the set. and we know that comedy and candidates have gone back a long time. we found richard nixon on "laugh in." and recently, hillary clinton four years ago on "saturday night live". let's take a look. >> i adore amy's impression on me. >> my ears are ringing. >> how you are? >> good, thank you. >> well, i'm glad to be here. thanks for having me. >> well, thank you for coming. i love yourout fit. >> well, i love your outfit. i do want the earrings back. >> oh, okay. oh. [ laughter ] >> do i re
we both know that four years ago, when john mccain was considering vice presidential candidates, mitt romney, romney said he filed more than two decades of returns. >> we know that the romney campaign is not eager to share them. they don't want to get up in game of one upsmanship. 10 years, 20 years, where does it end? and romney, running for office since 1994, he could talk about the period before then, in the private sector, and sources of his income, could be uncomfortable. >>...
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no wandering around the stage like john mccain or charging your opponent like al gore. and like football, lots of coin tosses, which determines who gets the first question. past candidates had demands too. al gore worried about sweating. wanted the room 55 degrees, and michael dukakis, who you can see was quite a bit shorter and the elder george bush negotiated a little boost hidden beneath the carpet behind the podium. take a look at that again. as dukakis goes back behind the podium, he also gets up onto something the debate commission called the "pitcher's mound." and suddenly he's just about as tall as george bush. the obama/romney agreement says no height boost for ito candidate. they tell abc news that one of these past candidates, we can't say which one, insisted that the cameras be repositioned so as not to show his bald spot, but never any demands about brown m&ms. jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >>> and we hope you join us tonight, 9:00 p.m. easter, 6:00 pacific, george stephanopoulos and i and the entire political team will be right here for the big deba
no wandering around the stage like john mccain or charging your opponent like al gore. and like football, lots of coin tosses, which determines who gets the first question. past candidates had demands too. al gore worried about sweating. wanted the room 55 degrees, and michael dukakis, who you can see was quite a bit shorter and the elder george bush negotiated a little boost hidden beneath the carpet behind the podium. take a look at that again. as dukakis goes back behind the podium, he also...
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. >> reporter: john mccain was with the ambassador when libya celebrated its first ever free elections. >> chris stevens was one of the finest men i've known in my life. he loved the libyan people. they loved him. >> reporter: today on the streets of benghazi, the libyan people grieved for a friend. one sign saying, sorry people of america. >> it's especially tragic he died in benghazi, because it's a city he helped to save. >> reporter: three other americans died with the ambassador including sean smith in libya on a brief assignment. >> he was a father to two young children, samantha and nathan. they will grow up being proud of the service their father gave to our country. >> reporter: two others still unnamed americans died as well. diplomats who gave their lives representing the united states of america. >> all over the world, every day, america's diplomats and development experts risk their lives, because they believe that the united states must be a force for peace and progress in the world. >> reporter: jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >>> now for the bigger picture we turn
. >> reporter: john mccain was with the ambassador when libya celebrated its first ever free elections. >> chris stevens was one of the finest men i've known in my life. he loved the libyan people. they loved him. >> reporter: today on the streets of benghazi, the libyan people grieved for a friend. one sign saying, sorry people of america. >> it's especially tragic he died in benghazi, because it's a city he helped to save. >> reporter: three other americans died...